rarissimum 91: double-oblique alignment, with one case (or other coding device) for both subject and object in transitive clauses and another case (or other coding device) for intransitive subject
Where found
Rushan and a few other Pamir lgs (Iranian, IE) as well as a few neighbouring Dardic lgs (Indic or Iranian, IE)
Domain
syntax
Subdomain
grammatical relations: alignment
Keywords
double-oblique alignment
Type
rarissimum
Universals violated
none?
Source
Payne, John R. (1980). The decay of ergativity in Pamir languages. Lingua 51: 147-186.
